Background
Arthur Felix was the son of Theodor Felix, who had an interest in printed textiles and who encouraged his son to study textile dye chemistry.
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Arthur Felix
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Felix studied chemistry in Vienna and was awarded a Doctor of Science degree.
Career
After working in his father"s textile printing factory, he returned to Vienna to study microbiology. In 1915, Arthur Felix and Edmund Weil developed the Weil–Felix test for diagnosis of typhus and other rickettsial diseases. After World War I, Felix emigrated to Britain and worked at the Lister Institute.
Felix researched in Bielsko, Vienna, Prague, and London.
Between 1927 and 1945, he worked in Jerusalem for the Hadassah Medical Organization.
Achievements
Politics
Arthur Felix became interested in Zionism during his student days in Vienna and later developed into an authority on Palestine.
Membership
Royal Society.
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Born
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January 17, 1956 (aged 69) -
Nationality
Poland